The AWIN Group of Dealerships and Zanchin Automotive Group teamed up to take ownership of all corporate-owned Mercedes-Benz dealerships in the Greater Toronto Area, according to a December 7 Mercedes-Benz Canada news release. The OEM is divesting the dealerships, known …
The Canadian used wholesale market continues to be “red-hot,” according to Canadian Black Book, which notes that prices increased now for the 17th straight week across 19 of the 22 segments for the week ending on December 7. Overall, prices …
Registration for the J.D. Power Auto Summit on March 10, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada is now open. The summit is considered one of the top automotive retail events at the NADA Show, and is a one-day event that features …
Hyundai Capital America is among the latest captive finance companies to migrate to KAR Global’s OPENLANE iQ platform. In discussing why this is important, Trevor Henderson, COO of ADESA, said in an email response that the current wholesale marketplace supply …
Canadian Black Book’s Used Vehicle Retention Index for November 2021 jumped to another all-time high of 152.6 points—up 13.2 points compared to October, which is the previous record. CBB said the increase in November, is “far and away the highest …
J.D. Power released its Automotive Market Metrics for Canada on December 6, which shows that the percentage of total transactions for new vehicles over the past 12 months was 54% for loans, 29% for leases, and 17% for cash payments. …
Cox Automotive Canada was named one of Greater Toronto’s Top Employers for 2022, now for the third consecutive year. “This award recognizes us as a great employer, and there is no doubt it is the contributions of all Cox Automotive …
ADESA and CoreKinect announced the deployment of a fully automated vehicle tracking solution. The new service from KAR Global’s unit was described by the company as the first of its kind to be fully deployed in the industry. It combines …
Stellantis and Hon Hai Technology Group (otherwise known as “Foxconn”) are teaming up to design semiconductors to support Stellantis and third-party customers. In a news release, the CEO of Stellantis Carlos Tavares said their “software-defined transformation” will be powered by …
Sales of 110,448 new vehicles in Canada in November, as estimated by DesRosiers Automotive Consultants (DAC), were down 13.9% from the same month last year and 23.9% from November 2019, which was the last pre-pandemic year for comparison. As a …
AutoCanada completed the acquisition of 11 dealerships from the Autopoint Group, which continues to operate across Southwestern Ontario after more than 17 years. In a news release, the group said the dealerships generate annual revenue of more than $345 million, …
Canadian automotive leasing company Auto|One officially opened their new dealership on Windmill Road in Nova Scotia on Dec. 1, 2021, and in so doing launched their Maritime leasing operations. The company offers leasing on both new and used vehicles, across …
